The mark was up from
last year’s record-setting 111,825 per contest. The increase was fueled
by the Sept. 10 home game against Notre Dame, which set an NCAA
single-game record with 114,804 fans for the school’s first-ever night
game at Michigan Stadium.

Several other schools among the top 25 in
average attendance also set records this season. Alabama tied its mark
set last season, when it led the SEC in attendance for the first time in
37 years. LSU, Texas A&M and Oklahoma also set home records this
season. Virginia Tech continued its sellout streak at Lane Stadium that
dates back to ’98. But several other schools saw attendance drops this
season.

Penn State ranked fourth overall but had its lowest average
(101,427) since Beaver Stadium expanded in ’01. That average slipped significantly since record attendance in 2007 (108,917) and 2008 (108,254).

Tennessee saw its lowest average
since expanding Neyland Stadium in ’96, while Florida’s attendance was
its lowest since ’04. Georgia averaged 92,613 fans per game, ending the
school’s six-year run of sellouts. While USC finished with the top
attendance in the Pac-12, the average gate at L.A. Memorial Coliseum was
the school’s lowest mark since ’02.

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